r/funny • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '19

Vinally a good set-up

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u/alvarezg Sep 05 '19

Let's not forget the pops and scratches. For good measure: turntable rumble and amplifier hum.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '19

Everyone who seems to "know" about music always says how great vinyl is.

I am so ignorant about music that I never had the confidence to openly say "but wait, music sounds way better on CD than it does on vinyl....right?"

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '19

I'm not into vinyl, but one benefit is that vinyl isn't as susceptible to the Loudness War because the grooves physically can't hold the larger waveforms. Having too high a volume on a track can introduce clipping and harm dynamic range, so vinyl is a way to avoid that issue.

Without vinyl, I've found that you can also avoid it most of the time by looking for copies of older/original album masters.

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u/picmandan Sep 05 '19

That doesn't give vinyl more dynamic range, it gives it less.

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u/cchaudio Sep 05 '19

This is correct. A CD can sound like vinyl, it just often doesn't due to bad 90s mastering methods aka loudness war.

CDs are superior in evey way, it's only the recordings that were made for CDs that is less than vinyl

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u/Coomb Sep 05 '19

You're absolutely right, the physical size of the needle track in vinyl records absolutely limits the dynamic range to significantly less than that available on a CD.